Gareth Bale arrives late for Real Madrid training on Wednesday

Gareth Bale arrives late for Real Madrid training on Wednesday

Gareth Bale, durante un entrenamiento del Real Madrid, junto a Vinicius Jr.
Gareth Bale, durante un entrenamiento del Real Madrid, junto a Vinicius Jr. | EFE

The Welsh forward was delayed on his journey to Valdebebas

Gareth Bale was in the spotlight again for all the wrong reasons on Wednesday after arriving late for Real Madrid training. 

The Welsh forward didn't calculate his time well and got caught up in the traffic in Madrid provoked by the Feria de Turismo de Madrid (Fitur) which got underway on Wednesday at the IFEMA (Feria de Madrid) and was further delayed by the spike in traffic due to taxi strikes.

Therefore, for the first 15 minutes of training, open to the press, Bale's absense set off alarm bells. Madrid are preparing for the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarterfinal against Girona on Thursday. 

Bale arrived at the Ciudad Deportiva in Valdebebas at 10.55, just five minutes before Santiago Solari's session started and without time to get changed and get out on to the pitch on time. 

It comes after Bale riled Madridismo for leaving the Real Madrid-Real Sociedad game early this month. 

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